Tuesday 25 May 2010

Preparing for the Abersoch 10km


Went out for a run this evening up through Sandbach to the Romping Donkey, through Hassall and back home around Malkins bank Golf course... A lovely route!

Felt really good completing 6 miles in 49 mins 10 seconds and after a stretch jogged the remaining mile home in 1 hour and 3 minutes.

Getting ready for the Abrsoch 10km on Saturday 5th June... Just under two weeks away!

Friday 21 May 2010

Wednesday 19 May 2010

A run along the Clyde


Up in Greenock in Scotland with Chris from work who I ran the Great Manchester Run with for a seminar... Went out for a bit of a run this evening out of Greenock town centre and back along the 'Esplanade' along the River Clyde.
Three miles in around 26 minutes. Legs felt very stiff and heavy...

Sunday 16 May 2010

Great Manchester Run ~ Done!

What a fantastic Day and an honour to represent the Isaiah Trust for the fourth year running!

Met up with the guys from the IT team before hand (L-R Chris, Rob, Karl, myself and Karen)

And ran much of the way round with them. Finished in a respectable 49 minutes and 33 seconds... Pleased to manage to get under 50 mins again!

Karen blasted her 'under an hour' target finishing in 52 mins and 04 seconds (and this is only the second time she's run this distance)!
Met up with Rachael (the other member of our work's IT team) at the end along with the rest of the girls...

All told have raised £290 on my own donation page and another £1,153 with the IT team I work with :-)

Karen has raised £630 so all in all a great fund raising experience for a very worthwhile cause! Thanks everyone for your support and generosity!

Rounded off the day with a BBQ and well earned beers back at ours afterwards!

D :-)

Thursday 13 May 2010

Out for a stretch

Did 40 minutes weight training in the gym this morning and then went out for a gentle 3 mile run this evening with Karen and our friend Jenny who's also running the Great Manchester Run this weekend... Feel good for the weekend :-)

Tuesday 11 May 2010

Ready :-)

Went out this evening on the same run I did with Karen on Sunday... It's a great route, undulating hills and beautiful country lanes and tracks. Felt good from the off and did the 6 miles in 49 minutes which I'm really pleased with. A light run back home from there in 1 hour 5 mins... Boding well for this Sunday's Great Manchester Run for the Isaiah Trust.

Fundraising for the trust is going well too! £280 as of today and not too late to sponsor me ;-)

My GMR pack arrived today, running in the 'white wave' as are most of the other team runners from work.

So, all in all, I'm ready as I'll ever be! :-)

Sunday 9 May 2010

Seven miles with Karen

My wife Karen has also signed up to do the Great Manchester Run for the Isaiah Trust.

Karen hasn't run 6 miles yet and really wanted to before the big day so having planned a route on Map My Run we set out on seven mile run but with a clear point where we'd hit six miles and perhaps walk back from there.

Ran up through Sandbach to the Romping Donkey in Hassall, around Malkins Bank golf course and picked up the Wheelock rail trail completing a non stop six mile run in 58 minutes and continuing the 7 mile run back to our home in 1 hour 10 minutes.

Quite a gentle pace but felt excellent afterwards and good for Karen to know she can run the 10km in under her target time of an hour. :-)

Friday 7 May 2010

Lies, damned lies and statistics!

The good thing about keeping a training blog is that I can measure how I'm doing against this time last year... I've been getting a bit hung up about the times I've been managing for the 10k recently and so compared it with the run up to last years Great Manchester Run...

Before the GMR last year I'd done 15 runs, 7 of which were over 6 miles. So far this year I've done 14 runs (latest this evening), of which 3 have been over 6 miles with another coming close at 5.6... So I guess my long run training just hasn't been the same! I intend to get another couple of long runs in before next week but this evening settled for a 3 mile stretch, completing this in just under 25 minutes and felt good at the end of it.

Aiming to do circa 7 miles on Sunday and perhaps again next Tuesday or Wednesday... I'll then 'taper' for the weekend and hope for the best! :-)

Thursday 6 May 2010

Half mile swim

Swam half a mile this evening (32x25 metre lengths) at the Sub-aqua club pool session in 24 minutes.

Tuesday 4 May 2010

Another disappointing training run...

Went out for a run this evening, tired from a busy weekend perhaps but very disappointed with 1 hour 5 mins for 6.5 miles upto the Romping Donkey and back around the Wheelock rail trail. Felt really hard work? Not boding well to beat my previous Manchester 10km time of 48 mins 31 secs but the fundraising is coming along well despite, £250 as of today! Thanks everyone!